Lewis Wallace Collection, 1862, 1904-1905.

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Lewis Wallace Collection, 1862, 1904-1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76706253

The collection contains one Civil War letter (ALS) from Union General Lewis Wallace to Governor Robinson of Kentucky, Aug. 22, 1862, about raising 4,000-5,000 mounted Home Guards, which he sees as the quickest way of getting a proper force into the field. [Lew] Wallace is better known as the author of Ben Hur and the collection also includes two clippings, 1904-1905, regarding the writing of that work.

.02 linear feet (1 folder)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8171825

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905

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Lewis "Lew" Wallace was born on April 10, 1827, in Brookville, Indiana. He was the second of four sons born to Esther French Wallace (née Test) and David Wallace. Lew's father, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, left the military in 1822 and moved to Brookville, where he established a law practice and entered Indiana politics. David served in the Indiana General Assembly and later as the state's lieutenant governor, and governor, and as a member of Congress. Lew Wal...

Robinson, James Fisher, 1800-1882

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